Threads

// returns the number of threads currently running
Thread.activeCount()

// returns the name of the current thread
Thread.currentThread().getName()

// sets the name of the current thread
Thread.currentThread().setName("new Name")

// returns the prioprity of the thread, 
// the higher the number the higher the priority 
// min: 1,   max: 10
Thread.currentThread().getPriority()

// sets the priority
Thread.currentThread().setPriority(10)

// checks if the thread is alive
Thread.isAlive();

// thread stops execution for 1000ms
// note needs an exception
Thread.sleep(1000);

// ----- inherit method -----     
		// better because it is quicker

// put code into run
public class NewThread extends Thread {
	@Override
	void run() {
		...
	}
}

// init class
NewThread t1 = new NewThread();




// ----- interface method -----    
		// better because you can still extend

// put code into run
public class NewRunnable implements Runnable {
	@Override
	public void run() {
		...
	}
} 

// init class
NewRunnable r1 = new NewRunnable();
Thread t2 = new Thread(r1);

// starts thread execution of run
Thread.start()

// thread calling method will wait until thread terminates
Thread.join()

// thread calling method will wait until termination or for 1 second
Thread.join(1000)

// thread that is low priority
// does garbage collection

// checks if thread is a deamon
Thread.isDeamon();

// sets thread to deamon or not
Thread.setDeamon(true);